Israeli spy satellite falls into sea

[salvorhardin]

Israeli spy satellite falls into sea

By GAVIN RABINOWITZ
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
Monday, September 6, 2004 · Last updated 12:11 p.m. PT

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli spy satellite plunged into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launch Monday, dealing a severe blow to Israel's attempts to closely monitor potential enemies, particularly Iran.

The mishap occurred when boosters for the Ofek-6 satellite failed, the Defense Ministry said after the top-secret launch from the seaside Palmachim air force base in southern Israel. The satellite fell into the sea near the port city of Ashdod.

"An unsuccessful attempt was made to launch into orbit a remote sensing satellite," the ministry said in a terse statement.

The boosters apparently malfunctioned during the third phase of flight, said Isaac Ben-Israel, head of the security studies program at Tel Aviv University, who attended the launch.

The Defense Ministry said it would investigate the failure with Israel Aircraft Industries, which developed the satellite and its launcher. IAI officials refused to comment.

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[Hawkeye-X]

1. Heads will roll?

Wonder if that would give something for Palenstinians to cheer about?

[bahrbearian]

2. I'm sure we'll give them all the intelligence they desire.

[salvorhardin]

3. even if we have to make it up.

eom

[bywho4who]

4. No Prob

They just have to sell some top secret shit they stole from the u.s. To China ,Get PAID with some wal-mart$ and launch another one next month see NO PROB



:smoke: :hippie:

[0007]

5. How much did that cost the U.S.?

[BeHereNow]

13. My first thought too!

How many dollars did we just lose
from education, healthcare and social services
for Americans?
The US lost a drone in Iraq today too.
Sorry kids, no reduced lunch programs this year.
Too bad your mom and dad work around the
clock without overtime pay and still can't afford
to take you to the dentist.
Israel needs the money.
BHN

[wrang_wrang]

6. I hope they discover a new species of fish

Better use of technology than planning an attack on Iran and dragging the US further into their conflict with the Muslim world.

[frylock]

7. gee.. that's just a shame

guess we'll have to rely on hearsay and conjecture to draw up those plans to invade errrrrrrrrr.. I mean, "liberate" Iran.

[steely]

8. The geek in me wonders if they'll try to recover any of it.

Assuming it wasn't smashed to smithereens.

[Bo]

9. YEA RIGHT

[ugarte]

10. Was Larry Franklin on board?

:)

[slojim240]

11. Can someone say: "Karma is a bitch!"

:D

[dionysus]

12. awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

well shucks. I'd laugh about it, but I'd bet dollars to doughnuts our tax dollars paid for that satellite.

[BeHereNow]

14. Infuriating, is it not?

Our vets can't get healthcare, we have lost overtime pay,
the shrub is cutting another 1.6 billion in education;
the list goes on and on and still the sheeple support
the very people who are stealing their children's future
and paying for Israel's war crimes.
Simply amazing.
BHN